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United Nations should be held accountable for Haiti cholera – Report
Tuesday, August 6, 2013
“As a result,” the report said, “a meaningful mechanism to ensure peacekeeper accountability has been rendered a nullity.”
The report calls for a claims commission, a public apology, support for victims and adequate funding for the prevention and treatment of cholera.
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced in December a US$2.27 billion initiative to help eradicate cholera in Haiti and the Dominican Republic, which share the island of Hispaniola, but the ambitious 10-year plan remains mostly unfunded.
The U.N. mission in Haiti, known by the French acronym Minustah, arrived in 2004 following the ouster of then President Jean-Bertrand Aristide.
Copyright 2013 The Associated Press
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